Four Nations Venues 'nearly' confirmed : Fri Jan 29, 2016 1:44 pm  

http://adserver.adtech.de/?adlink/1695/ ... =74826453; What do you make of this then, the Ricoh?? Anyone heard anything? I spose an announcement will come out after World Club Challenge weekend?

http://adserver.adtech.de/?adlink/1695/ ... =74826453; What do you make of this then, the Ricoh?? Anyone heard anything? I spose an announcement will come out after World Club Challenge weekend?

Re: Four Nations Venues 'nearly' confirmed : Fri Jan 29, 2016 4:47 pm  

Ricoh could work well IMO, 2 hour drive from Wigan or Hull, next to a train station so transport links are decent enough. Promote Coventry Bears at the same time and there's potential there.

Re: Four Nations Venues 'nearly' confirmed : Fri Jan 29, 2016 6:52 pm  

and then have people complaining that the game and therefore the money is being put into a RU club.

Re: Four Nations Venues 'nearly' confirmed : Fri Jan 29, 2016 6:53 pm  

I don't mind the idea of Coventry, about the sort of size we should be looking to fill, as the previous poster said it has decent transport links and in a new area to get people talking about RL. It was mentioned as a candidate for magic weekend before Newcastle so it could be a good call to host a game.
Main question though is which game? You would perhaps say that it would have to be an england game to get people in that area more up for it and talking but then that takes an England game away from the heartland and I don't know if that is right. I suppose though, it means that they could have the non English games in the heartland and not be pressurised to fill a massive ground while still knowing that decent crowds will turn out to see an international in say Wigan, hull or Leeds. Swings and roundabouts.

Re: Four Nations Venues 'nearly' confirmed : Fri Jan 29, 2016 7:11 pm  

Except the train station is not used on matchdays!

Re: Four Nations Venues 'nearly' confirmed : Sat Jan 30, 2016 8:43 am  

I know they have a champ1 team, but I can't see the logic in playing at Coventry. It's too far from the m62 clubs, it doesn't have the draw to attract fans to travel, it's not a business and media hub and we have no fan base like in London.

Has to be either London or somewhere along, or a lot nearer the m62 for me. Maybe send a Scotland game upto Cumbria.

Re: Four Nations Venues 'nearly' confirmed : Mon Feb 01, 2016 10:11 am  

Dont know if anyone has read league express this morning but there is a little bit in there that says that the final for four nations could be anfield, directors of Liverpool have agreed but there is a bunch of rfl directors that want the final to be Wigan cos they don't think we could fill anfield. Also looks like Coventry is gonna be a double header on the second weekend. There is a game in London, one will be in Scotland but they don't seem to know where and the rest are gonna be heartland. No games in Newcastle apparently.

I for one think anfield is a better idea for final than Wigan cos it is more ambitious which is what we need! Yeah we might fill Wigan at 25,000 but we could get more than that at anfield even if it isn't full. Liverpool is easy to get to for heartland fans and if they actually market it properly and sell tickets cheap enough then there shouldn't be a problem. I will state right now that I would go to a final in Liverpool and I am in hull so couldn't get further away in the heartland. Liverpool is easier to get to from here than Wigan cos there is a direct train. Also a lack of ambition with Coventry, I'm sure we could have got 40,000 for a double header in say Newcastle or Manchester but we will never know now. Same old RFL I'm afraid! Grow some balls directors!!

Re: Four Nations Venues 'nearly' confirmed : Mon Feb 01, 2016 10:33 am  

Furthermore, the rfl need to realise that 44,000 people travelled to east London for a single England game. That is basically the capacity of anfield which is a hell of a lot closer and will be hosting a major final. In case people haven't noticed, this has annoyed me...

Re: Four Nations Venues 'nearly' confirmed : Mon Feb 01, 2016 10:39 am  

Sir Kevin Sinfield wrote:

I know they have a champ1 team, but I can't see the logic in playing at Coventry. It's too far from the m62 clubs, it doesn't have the draw to attract fans to travel, it's not a business and media hub and we have no fan base like in London.

Has to be either London or somewhere along, or a lot nearer the m62 for me. Maybe send a Scotland game upto Cumbria.

Or even Scotland!

Re: Four Nations Venues 'nearly' confirmed : Mon Feb 01, 2016 12:23 pm  

nkpom wrote:

Except the train station is not used on matchdays!

Not only that, it can only take one single carriage train an hour (capacity 75) due to the franchise holder not having thought to provide any rolling stock for the new link - there's been a bit of a row about this in the Midlands' media!